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Clean Electric Raises $6 Million Series A
We are pleased to announce that our portfolio company, Clean Electric, has successfully raised $6 million in a Series A funding with participation from InfoEdge, pi Ventures, and Lok Capital, alongside our continued support.
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Consulting to Venture Capital – Finding My Place in the Indian Startup Ecosystem
This was the common refrain when I announced my decision to transition from McKinsey to venture capital. Looking back, that reaction wasn’t surprising.
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Consumer AI Rewind: Stories, Companions, and the Rise of AI That Feels Persona
A lot has been said about consumer AI this year. One thing feels clear: we have finally entered the era of native AI consumer apps that actually makes life meaningfully better, not just theoretically cooler
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Consumer AI Series: Companions and Us
That is over 20% of the world population, for perspective Covid 19 infected around 9%. In November of 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared loneliness a “global public health concern”.
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Convin Raises $6.5 Million Series A
We are excited to announce that Convin AI, has successfully raised a $6.5 million Series A round.
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Decoding Starting Up 2025
Starting up is hard. The road is filled with decisions, trade-offs, and challenges that test even the most resilient founders. This report distills key learnings from Kalaari Capital’s popular “Decoding Starting Up” series into one comprehensive resource.
Deconstruct Raises $8 Million Series A
We’re excited to share that our portfolio company, Deconstruct, has raised a $8 million Series A round co-led by V3 Ventures, DSG Consumer Partners with participation from L’Oréal’s corporate venture capital fund – BOLD and existing investors Kalaari Capital, Beenext.
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Digantara Raises $50M in Series B
We’re excited to share that our portfolio company, Digantara, has raised a $50 million Series B round.
Zocket allows users without marketing expertise to create social media content and launch digital ad campaigns across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Google in less than 30 seconds.
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Wired for Impact: Women in Ind(AI) Report
AI will define the future. But who defines AI? As India races ahead in building its AI ecosystem, Wired for Impact: Women in (Ind)AI — a CXXO and Kalaari Capital report explores how women are participating, leading, and reshaping India’s AI journey, and where the biggest gaps remain.
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Zero Hour Conversation with A R Unnikrishnan
As AI models scale from millions to trillions of parameters, it is vital to have the right access to capital and compute to nurture a fast-growing AI ecosystem.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Arvind Thakur
Arvind Thakur shared leadership lessons from decades in India’s IT industry — crisis reveals capability, values matter most in tough moments, differentiation comes from playing to your strengths and AI is fundamentally reshaping how businesses operate and create value.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Karthik Sankaran
Kalaari Capital’s recap of a talk with chip veteran Dr. Karthik Sankaran: semiconductors are becoming foundational as AI, EVs, and edge computing scale, and India’s design talent gives it a real shot in deep-tech—if it gets patient capital and a full ecosystem
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Zero Hour Conversation with Kirthiga Reddy
The session focused on leadership, reinvention, and India’s tech ecosystem.-
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Zero Hour Conversation with Narayan Manepally
Manepally spoke about how his started in Portland, when he brewed his first perfect batch of beer. Returning to India and finding only Kingfisher available everywhere convinced him that India deserved better craft beer, and he decided to make that happen himself.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Sarbvir Singh
Policybazaar CEO Sarbvir Singh says leadership is about team buy-in, not perfect decisions—even a flawed call works when people believe in it. He adds that networks shape careers and real growth comes from owning outcomes.
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